“When told that he could be held liable for inducing drug-related killings during his term, former president Rodrigo Duterte gave different reasons to avoid responsibility for certain cases involving “high-value” targets.”
What Vera Files found
Duterte has repeatedly declared he is “taking full legal responsibility” over all extrajudicial killings committed under his campaign against illegal drugs.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rodrigo Duterte made this claim around 13 November 2024. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 26 November 2024, 13 days later. Its rating was “Flip-flop”.
Rodrigo Duterte has 126 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 46 of them false or fake, 78 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/live/xCk8Vde3bw8
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